Captain Marvel Adventures #138 (1952) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
1	The Flying Disk Danger	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
2	Water, Water	comic story	0.5
3	Interplanetary Firebug	text story	2	script: Eando Binder	Jon Jarl
4	The Losing Winner	comic story	4	pencils: Al Liederman; inks: Al Liederman
5	The Horrible Haunted Armor	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete Costanza	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; The Haunted Knight (first appearance; death)
6	Message Sender	comic story	1
7	Must Have Been Awful	comic story	0.5
8	Eye, Eye	comic story	1	script: George Marko; pencils: George Marko; inks: George Marko
9	The World's Maddest Ghost	comic story	7	script: Otto Binder; pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sivana (villain; birth year given as 1892); Dexter Knox
10	Doubly Stupid	comic story	0.7	script: George Marko; pencils: George Marko; inks: George Marko

Collection	Year
Adventure Comics #498	1983	On eBay ›

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